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Contains three reports on research facilities and systems.U. S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, under Contract F19628-69-C-0044National Institutes of Health (Grant 2 ROl NB-04332-06

A principled approach to the measurement of situation awareness in commercial aviation

The issue of how to support situation awareness among crews of modern commercial aircraft is becoming especially important with the introduction of automation in the form of sophisticated flight management computers and expert systems designed to assist the crew. In this paper, cognitive theories are discussed that have relevance for the definition and measurement of situation awareness. These theories suggest that comprehension of the flow of events is an active process that is limited by the modularity of attention and memory constraints, but can be enhanced by expert knowledge and strategies. Three implications of this perspective for assessing and improving situation awareness are considered: (1) Scenario variations are proposed that tax awareness by placing demands on attention; (2) Experimental tasks and probes are described for assessing the cognitive processes that underlie situation awareness; and (3) The use of computer-based human performance models to augment the measures of situation awareness derived from performance data is explored. Finally, two potential example applications of the proposed assessment techniques are described, one concerning spatial awareness using wide field of view displays and the other emphasizing fault management in aircraft systems

Solid state television camera system Patent

Solid state television camera system consisting of monolithic semiconductor mosaic sensor and molecular digital readout system

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Contains reports on three research projects.U. S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories under Contract F19628-69-C-0044National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NS04332-09)M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory Purchase Order CC-57

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Contains reports on three research projects.National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NS04332-13)National Institutes of Health (Grant 1 T32 NS07040-01)Joint Services Electronics Program (Contract DAAB07-75-C-1346

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Contains reports on two research projects.U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research (Contract N00014-67-A-0204-0064)National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 ROl NS04332-09)National Science Foundation (Grant GK-31353

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Contains research objectives and reports on three research projects.U. S. Air Force (Electronics Systems Division) under Contract AF 19(628)-5661National Institutes of Health (Grant 2 RO1 NB-04332-06)Joint Services Electronics Programs (U. S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U. S. Air Force) under Contract DA 28-043-AMC-02536(E

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Contains reports on six research projects.National Institutes of Health (Grant 2 RO1 NS04332-11)U. S. Navy Office of Naval Research (Contract N00014-67-A-0204-0069

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Contains research objectives and summary of research.National Institutes of Health (Grant 2 RO1 NS04332-11)National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NS04332-11)U. S. Navy Office of Naval Research (Contract ONR N00014-67-A-0204-0069

The economic and innovation contribution of universities: a regional perspective

Universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) have come to be regarded as key sources of knowledge utilisable in the pursuit of economic growth. Although there have been numerous studies assessing the economic and innovation impact of HEIs, there has been little systematic analysis of differences in the relative contribution of HEIs across regions. This paper provides an exploration of some of these differences in the context of the UK’s regions. Significant differences are found in the wealth generated by universities according to regional location and type of institution. Universities in more competitive regions are generally more productive than those located in less competitive regions. Also, traditional universities are generally more productive than their newer counterparts, with university productivity positively related to knowledge commercialisation capabilities. Weaker regions tend to be more dependent on their universities for income and innovation, but often these universities under-perform in comparison to counterpart institutions in more competitive regions. It is argued that uncompetitive regions lack the additional knowledge infrastructure, besides universities, that are more commonly a feature of more competitive regions